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<h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">New element &lt;data&gt;</h1>

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<div class="p">In DITA 1.1, you can use new element, &lt;data&gt;. This element and the content
inside it is ignored in the transformation process of DITA files.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <ul class="ul">
<li class="li">Because OASIS DITA 1.1 is not yet an approved standard as of the release
of DITA OT 1.3, the functionality described here should be considered a <em class="ph i">preview</em> capability. </li>

<li class="li">The specification and the defined functions that need to be supported
can change by the time OASIS formally approves DITA 1.1.</li>

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<p class="p">As an author, when you create DITA files, you can add the &lt;data&gt; element,
and put content inside it. When you transform the DITA files to the output
that you want, the transformation ignores the &lt;data&gt; element and any content
inside. </p>

<p class="p">As a specializer, when you specialize the &lt;data&gt; element, and
put information inside the specialized element, you can create a transform
override to use the information. </p>

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